Last copies of old version. Was formerly a double LP, played by the original GATE V ensemble. One of the few Partch pieces currently in print. Partch was a great American maverick composer who designed and built his own instruments (tuned to an octave divided into 43 parts) out of wood, glass (light- bulbs / Mazdaphone, Cloud Chamber Bowls) and extended existing instruments (Koto, Harmonium/ Chromelodion, Viola, Zither, Balophone &c). Apart from the unusual harmonic content, Partch's music is profoundly rythmical, otherworldly, direct and often edifyingly humorous. Comes with an excellent and very informative 16pp booklet.

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